FSB Uses Trojan App to Monitor Russian Programmer Accused of Supporting Ukraine

A Russian programmer accused of donating money to Ukraine had his Android device secretly implanted with spyware by the Federal Security Service FSB after he was detained earlier this year. The findings come as part of a collaborative investigation by First Department and the University of...

Side-Channel Attack Allows Remote Listener to ‘Hear’ On-Screen Images

A stealthy side-channel tactic for digital surveillance has been uncovered, which allows an attacker to “hear” on-screen images. According to a team of academic researchers from Columbia University, the University of Michigan, University of Pennsylvania and Tel Aviv University, inaudible acoustic...

Google's Morgan Marquis-Boire on Online Spying

Surveillance operations by various governments against activists have become a major issue in some countries, and Morgan Marquis-Boire detailed the tools and tactics these regimes use...